New Dealer Webstores Page
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Effects of Cartridge Over All Length (COAL) and Cartridge Base To Ogive (CBTO) – Part 2
Cartridge Base To Ogive (CBTO) The first half of this article focused on the importance of COAL in terms of SAAMI standards, magazine lengths, etc. There is another measure of length for loaded ammunition which is highly important to precision. Figure 2. Chamber throat geometry showing the bullet jump to the rifling or lands. Refer back to Figure 2. Suppose the bullet was seated out of the case to the point where the base of the bullet's nose (ogive) just contacted the beginning of the riflings (the lands) when the bolt was closed. This bullet seating configuration is referred to as touching the [...]
Effects of Cartridge Over All Length (COAL) and Cartridge Base To Ogive (CBTO) – Part 1
Many shooters are not aware of the dramatic effects that bullet seating depth can have on the pressure and velocity generated by a rifle cartridge. COAL is also a variable that can be used to fine tune accuracy. It's also an important consideration for rifles that need to feed rounds thru a magazine. In this article, we'll explore the various effects of COAL, and what choices a shooter can make to maximize the effectiveness of their hand loads. Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) Most loading manuals (including the Berger Manual), present loading data according to SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute) standards. [...]
The NRA Annual Meeting is Coming to Houston TX on 05/03/2013
Our team here at Berger Bullets is happy to announce that we will be attending the NRA Show in Houston, Texas on the weekend of May 3rd, 2013. This year Walt Berger, our founder, will be attending and answering questions on reloading techniques as well as signing reloading manuals that you bring in. Along with Walt, our Marketing and Shooter Services team will be there to answer questions, offer advice, and give away stickers, patches, posters, and catalogs. Below is a map with a square highlight around where you can find us. Look for the square in the bottom middle, booth #3709 near the cafe [...]
The Berger Bullets Ballistics Calculator is back!
One of the biggest projects we have undertaken with our new website is a complete update of our ballistics calculator. After several weeks of testing, we are proud to announce that our new ballistics calculator is ready to use! You can find the Ballistics Calculator here. On the top of our webpage you will notice a link that says ballistics, with a drop down to our twist rate calculator and our ballistics calculator. When navigating to the ballistics calculator, the first element you will see is the bullet library. It is a convenient tool that will automatically fill the bullet properties fields with the correct [...]
338 Load Data Now Available to Download for Free
One of the hardest things about writing a reloading manual is keeping it current without constantly moving back the print and release dates. So, how do you keep your manual to date if you continuously release new bullet models? We came up with a solution that we hope everyone will enjoy; downloadable updates for your reloading manual. The first of these updates are now available to download for free from our website at https://bergerbullets.com/reloading-data/ These pages are designed the same way as your current reloading manual and can be printed out and used as additions to the data that the manual already has. Our first new [...]
A Look at the Upcoming Shooting Season
Update: The events calendar and this page have been removed.
Updated Berger Bullets Catalog
Update: Our new catalog can be found at https://bergerbullets.com/information/berger-bullets-catalog/.
BuyBergerBullets.com Re-designed
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More National Records broken using Berger Bullets!
Berger Bullets is proud to announce another new section of our website; National Records. A year back we searched to find the best records databases for competitive F-Class, Benchrest, and Long Range shooters, which we found to be the NRA database, the NBRSA 600 and 1000 databases, and the Williamsport Records database. Since then, we have been working hard to contact as many national record holders as possible and ask them "which bullet were you shooting when you broke your record?" We were very pleased with the results that we found, which is that so far more record holders in these selected categories have set their records with Berger [...]